I just read a very interesting article on Critical self defense ammo in the Combat Handguns Magazine i got today. The first and main case was described that a guy was being attacked in TX thinking it was a guy that his girlfriend or what not, told him to beat up at his house. A girl told him to go to her Ex's house to beat him up bc she got sad at a remark he said to her at a bar. So the guys went on over to the guys house. He looked thru the peep hole and didnt recognize him. He figured it was his friends people. So he went to the rest room and let his friend open the door. The guy busted it open immediately pounding the guys face in. The guy who went to the bathroom heard the ruckus and went to his room to get a Ruger P95. Opened fire at about 12 feet away. 10 rounds fired, all 10 rounds hit. All 10 rounds over penetrated and went thru the victims body. One went thru, hit the friend that was under him getting pounded in the calf, and went thru and hit him in the foot. Guy ends up dead, Friend did a law suit on his friend's home owners insurance and got about 60k.
To make a long story short, There were about 5 other cases starting off in self defense and ending in law suits. One story was in the LAPD and NYPD at a long distance shoot out. All Calibers used were 9mm, immagine any larger caliber. The Ruger P95 used Power Ball ammo.
The point to the article was to encourage people to use standard JHP for best and safe defense to avoid harming innocent bystanders. The polymer Balls or hollow point inserts usually "OVER PENETRATES" your target. So, Think twice about buying the expensive Critical defense ammo.
All comments welcome. People may have different points of views but i thought i would post it for those who dont have experience with this type of ammo.